Australia witnessed a substantial degree of racism toward Asian and Muslim communities during the Covid-19 pandemic, much of which was shared and amplified on social media. However, while a growing body of national and international literature has illuminated the problem of racism during significant crisis events, limited studies have addressed how these narratives are both produced and resisted in online spaces. In this paper, I present the findings of a Thematic Content Analysis of how Asian and Muslim communities were constructed on Twitter/X during Australia's 2020–2021 lockdowns. Drawing on the literature surrounding Networked Counterpublics—and analyzed through a Systemic Racism lens—findings illuminate how publics used Twitter/X as a space to both legitimize and contest racist narratives relating to the pandemic, further demonstrating the power of social media as a vehicle for the amplification and resistance of racism during a significant global crisis.

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Covid-19 大流行期间针对亚洲和穆斯林社区的数字种族主义和反种族主义：澳大利亚的经验


在 Covid-19 大流行期间，澳大利亚目睹了针对亚洲和穆斯林社区的严重种族主义，其中大部分在社交媒体上被分享和放大。然而，尽管越来越多的国内和国际文献阐明了重大危机事件期间的种族主义问题，但有限的研究探讨了这些叙述是如何在网络空间中产生和抵制的。在本文中，我介绍了关于在澳大利亚 2020-2021 年封锁期间如何在 Twitter/X 上构建亚洲和穆斯林社区的主题内容分析结果。借鉴有关网络反公众的文献，并通过系统性种族主义的视角进行分析，研究结果阐明了公众如何使用 Twitter/X 作为一个空间，使与大流行相关的种族主义叙事合法化和反驳，进一步证明了社交媒体作为传播种族主义言论的工具的力量。在重大全球危机期间种族主义的放大和抵抗。